analytical - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'analytical' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Analytical

[ a.]

- Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.

Meaning of 'analytical' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . analytical

[ a]

Meaning (1):
- using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

Example in sentence:

a keenly analytic man;
an analytic approach;
an analytic experiment;
an analytical mind;
analytical reasoning

Meaning (2):
- of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Example in sentence:

`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

Nearby Words:

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Analytical thinking
Analytical thinking is the ability to analyze facts, generate a comparison and draw correct inferences or conclusions from available information.

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